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the poll also shows among likely voters, romney holds a four-point edge over mr. obama, 49 to 45. we do have complete coverage of the president's bay area visit online at nbcbayarea.com, including insider details on the president's private event. >>> meantime mitt romney will be in ohio today trying to win over the undecided voters n a speech on foreign policy yesterday, romney argued the president's policies have made the world more dangerous. romney talking about arming syria's rebels and sanctioning iran. democrats were not impressed. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in, they'd get a c because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> when president obama leaves the bay area, he will head to ohio as well to also reach out to undecided voters. >>> in other news now, it is decision day for san francisco's suspended sheriff, ross mirkarimi. san francisco's board of supervisors will vote on his fate today. the embattled sheriff pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges related to an argument with his wife that left her arm bruised. bay area political experts say the vote i
the poll also shows among likely voters, romney holds a four-point edge over mr. obama, 49 to 45. we do have complete coverage of the president's bay area visit online at nbcbayarea.com, including insider details on the president's private event. >>> meantime mitt romney will be in ohio today trying to win over the undecided voters n a speech on foreign policy yesterday, romney argued the president's policies have made the world more dangerous. romney talking about arming syria's...
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on monday republican rival mitt romney drummed up support of virginia as two new national polls show a volatile race. in one romney leads the president by four points among likely voters, and in the or the president leads romney by five points. >>> convicted child sexual abuser jerry sandusky receives his sentence today. the former penn state assistant football coach is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. on the eve of his sentencing the 68-year-old released an audio recording from jail maintaining his innocence and blaming a massive conspiracy for the accusations against him. several of sdusk i's accusers are set to address the judge at this morning's hearing. >>> the death toll in a national meningitis outbreak is rising. monday night a national hospital announced the death of a patient from the rare but lethal form of meningitis linked to steroid injections given for back pain. if confirmed by the cdc, it will bring the total toll to nine. health officials now say as many as 13,000 people may have been injected with those contaminated drugs. >>> new hope for some 5 m
on monday republican rival mitt romney drummed up support of virginia as two new national polls show a volatile race. in one romney leads the president by four points among likely voters, and in the or the president leads romney by five points. >>> convicted child sexual abuser jerry sandusky receives his sentence today. the former penn state assistant football coach is expected to spend the rest of his life in prison. on the eve of his sentencing the 68-year-old released an audio...
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especially now that mitt romney is closing in. the latest poll has them tied. gallup has romney up by two points. pew has him up by four. >>> 6:45 right now. all this change weather as we fall into fall. >> it's time to lose those heels and about six inches. temperaturewise, it is kind of chrrisp out there. want to start with this fantastic live picture over san jose. you see there the stratus midlevel clouds. we will see hit or miss showers. quite a bit activity for the most part off shore just off pass robos here. the actual core of low pressure is still situated off shore. as we head throughout the next 24 to 48 hours, it looks like it will push inland enough for us to continue to see these thunderstorms rolling through the bray area. want to zoom in on the active area. an area of low pressure is cut off from the jet stream and has nothing to transport it. so that's why it's so hard to forecast where exactly these showers and thunderstorms are going to end up. i think we'll see a little bit of rain out there tonight as the oakland a's take on the tigers it t
especially now that mitt romney is closing in. the latest poll has them tied. gallup has romney up by two points. pew has him up by four. >>> 6:45 right now. all this change weather as we fall into fall. >> it's time to lose those heels and about six inches. temperaturewise, it is kind of chrrisp out there. want to start with this fantastic live picture over san jose. you see there the stratus midlevel clouds. we will see hit or miss showers. quite a bit activity for the most...
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polls now show president obama's lead in ohio narrowed to just over one point on average. but the president has a big advantage, 18 points, among early voters. and the latest washington post/abc poll has the president up by three percentage points, virtually unchanged since the last debate. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> politicians from both sides of the aisle are paying tribute to former pennsylvania senator arlen specter. specter died yesterday after losing his battle with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. he was first elected to the senate in 1980. a long-time moderate republican, he made the headlines in 2009 when he announced he was switching to the democratic party. specter lost the democratic primary in 2010. during his tenure on capitol hill, he was the chairman of the senate judiciary committee and played a key role in many supreme court nominations. he was 82 years old. funeral arrangements have not been announced. >>> it's 4:51. the journey is finally complete. after three days and a few snags, "endeavour" has made it home. when you can see it on display next. >
polls now show president obama's lead in ohio narrowed to just over one point on average. but the president has a big advantage, 18 points, among early voters. and the latest washington post/abc poll has the president up by three percentage points, virtually unchanged since the last debate. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. >>> politicians from both sides of the aisle are paying tribute to former pennsylvania senator arlen specter. specter died yesterday after losing his battle with...
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last month the same poll showed romney trailing by eight points. still, a new gallup poll shows mr. obama five points ahead among registered voters, regaining ground after last week's encouraging jobs report. looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of the final stretch, romney accused the president of weak leadership in the middle east. failing to capitalize on the arab spring uprisings and delivering the harshest response yet on the administration's response to the deadly attacks in libya. >> it is our responsibility and the responsibility of the president to use america's greatest power to shape history, not to lead from behind, leaving our destiny at the mercy of events. >> reporter: calling for a change of course, romney offered few new policy details, citing syria's civil war, romney saying he would support our allies arming rebels there. former secretary of state madeleine albright gave the obama campaign's rebuttal. >> i'm a professor. if one of my students turned it in they'd get a "c" because he gave absolutely no specifics. >> it's getting close here in mic
last month the same poll showed romney trailing by eight points. still, a new gallup poll shows mr. obama five points ahead among registered voters, regaining ground after last week's encouraging jobs report. looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials ahead of the final stretch, romney accused the president of weak leadership in the middle east. failing to capitalize on the arab spring uprisings and delivering the harshest response yet on the administration's response to the deadly...
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a new poll shows mitt romney taking the lead 49% to 45%. a complete reversal from about two weeks ago. a guy here last time around four years ago, how does he close the deal? what advice would you give him? i heard you the other day, he hasn't asked, but what advice would you give mitt romney that you wish you had gotten at this stage four years ago? >> i wish i had been a better candidate. no. i think mitt has got to understand that the president is an excellent debater. he'll be much stronger in the next debate. i think that it's obvious this whole attack -- matt, i've never seen anything like this continuous attacks, calling mitt romney a liar. that's not -- that's not an elevated debate. there may have outline and outline their differences but just calling people a liar is not, i think, appropriate for a presidential campaign, but mitt also has to stick to message. i'm sure he will. and i am confident that he will continue to do well. but do not underestimate president obama in the next election -- i mean, in the next debate. >> he won'
a new poll shows mitt romney taking the lead 49% to 45%. a complete reversal from about two weeks ago. a guy here last time around four years ago, how does he close the deal? what advice would you give him? i heard you the other day, he hasn't asked, but what advice would you give mitt romney that you wish you had gotten at this stage four years ago? >> i wish i had been a better candidate. no. i think mitt has got to understand that the president is an excellent debater. he'll be much...
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governor romney on a roll after wednesday's debate. and with just 30 days until election day some polls show the race tightening. coming up, we'll break it all down for you. >>> a new trend in an increasing number of companies pea touring overweight people in their ads. is this a new age in advertising? we'll talk about it. >>> then, this is a crazy story, listen to this, a south carolina man comes home from vacation to find things in his house just as he left them. great, no problem. but hold on. when his kids go on facebook they see something familiar, their house, with other teenagers having a wild party right there in their home. coming up, why these teens could be in big trouble all because they overshared online. >> a little risky business. >>> a bit later i'll catch up with the director and the cast of the "princess bride." it was released 25 years ago. hard to believe. didn't make a big splash at the time certainly at the box office but since then it's become so somewhat of a cult classic. its lines are often quoted. the robin
governor romney on a roll after wednesday's debate. and with just 30 days until election day some polls show the race tightening. coming up, we'll break it all down for you. >>> a new trend in an increasing number of companies pea touring overweight people in their ads. is this a new age in advertising? we'll talk about it. >>> then, this is a crazy story, listen to this, a south carolina man comes home from vacation to find things in his house just as he left them. great, no...
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polls show that president obama is still holding a lead over governor romney in ohio. but those polls also show that the governor is closing in, within striking distance now of the president. speaking of the president, he also was in ohio this week and admitted publicly that he had a bad night out in denver for that first presidential debate. obviously a lot of republicans and democrats agreed with his assessment. the president said he was too polite and that voters can expect him to see him being a lot more active in the second debate up at hofstra university in new york. back here in ohio, paul ryan's got a big day here. he's got two stops in ohio, starting with this rally a little later this morning, and then he'll go up to minnesota before ending the night in wisconsin. he's expected to take sunday off the trail, little rest for the weary, if you will. >>> earlier, i sat down with "morning joe," asking them how they thought undecided voters would react to all the fireworks. >> i think the undecided said you know what? we'll watch some baseball this week. some footb
polls show that president obama is still holding a lead over governor romney in ohio. but those polls also show that the governor is closing in, within striking distance now of the president. speaking of the president, he also was in ohio this week and admitted publicly that he had a bad night out in denver for that first presidential debate. obviously a lot of republicans and democrats agreed with his assessment. the president said he was too polite and that voters can expect him to see him...
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you've seen the polls nationally tight, romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by state. how close is the race now? >> the first debate did sort of shift things. at first you had a lot of democrats that were trying to appease themselves by saying oh, all the movement in the polls is a bunch of soft republicans that quote, unquote come home to mitt romney, he shows life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen and in talking to both campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it is a dead heat, but it is one of these even right after the debate with obama campaigning, yes, it is a dead heat but we have the fundamentalists in battleground states. romney folks would have conceded that. this morning, the numbers in the last 72 hours, we are in a dead heat and you see the shift. this means, savannah, this debate couldn't be more critical for president obama because if he loses this debate, then you could start seeing a momentum continue to shift to romney. i think he would pull ahead in a lot of state
you've seen the polls nationally tight, romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by state. how close is the race now? >> the first debate did sort of shift things. at first you had a lot of democrats that were trying to appease themselves by saying oh, all the movement in the polls is a bunch of soft republicans that quote, unquote come home to mitt romney, he shows life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen and in talking to both campaigns,...
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what does it mean as voters begin to head to the polls? has the race taken a new turn? we'll cover it all this morning with a special panel including the senior's presidential adviser robert gibbs and republican candidate newt gingrich. and my one-on-one interview with the former california governor on politics and the person. that's coming up this morning on "meet the press." >>> "meet the press" airs at 8:00 immediately following this newscast. we have more on the bay's big weekend coming up. >>> this morning we're looking at sunshine even in the south bay but temperatures are cool once you step out the door. you'll notice a noticeable difference. we're talking about 40s in the south bay. we'll bring down your forecast and get you through the next week coming up after. [ female announcer ] introducing yoplait greek 100. 100% new. ♪ 100% greek. 100% mmm... ♪ oh wow, that is mmm... ♪ in fact it's so mmm you might not believe it's a hundred calories. well ok then, new yoplait greek 100. it is so good. ♪ >>> welcome back. taking a look live at all of the activity
what does it mean as voters begin to head to the polls? has the race taken a new turn? we'll cover it all this morning with a special panel including the senior's presidential adviser robert gibbs and republican candidate newt gingrich. and my one-on-one interview with the former california governor on politics and the person. that's coming up this morning on "meet the press." >>> "meet the press" airs at 8:00 immediately following this newscast. we have more on the...
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romney has faced a larger, more enthusiastic crowd ever since. campaigning wednesday in the critical battleground state of ohio, trailing in the polls, but narrowing the gap. >> and the key thing i want people across ohio to understand and to ask themselves as you go into the voting booth, as you vote, is can we really afford the cost of barack obama? and the answer is no. >> reporter: now tonight's a debate will be mod rated by abc's martha raditz, both of the candidates seated opposite here. a concession. last week, president obama and mitt romney stood at podiums that is the format that the president's team favors. tonight, they get to sit, that is the format the romney team favors. speaking of governor romney, he is said to be practicing right now for the second debate which we have up in new york city next week. so tonight's the one and only vp debate. it will cover both domestic and foreign issues. savannah? >> ron mott, thank you. so what should we expect tonight? david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." and chuck todd is nbc's poli
romney has faced a larger, more enthusiastic crowd ever since. campaigning wednesday in the critical battleground state of ohio, trailing in the polls, but narrowing the gap. >> and the key thing i want people across ohio to understand and to ask themselves as you go into the voting booth, as you vote, is can we really afford the cost of barack obama? and the answer is no. >> reporter: now tonight's a debate will be mod rated by abc's martha raditz, both of the candidates seated...
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and here's what the polls are saying. romney closing in in ohio, although the president still has an ever-so-slight advantage. nationally the "washington post" latest poll shows president obama off three but that's within the margin of error. >>> 6:25. a long-time senator first elected in 1980 has died. former pennsylvania senator arlen specter died sunday at his home in philadelphia from complications of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. the moderate republican made headlines in 2009 when he announced he was switching to the democratic party. specter was 82 years old. his funeral is tomorrow in pennsylvania. >>> time to check the forecast right now with meteorologist christina loren. a foggy start across the bay area. >> yeah. certainly enough fog so give yourself some extra time so you reach your destination safely. temperatures this morning are running cool of t. we're in the 50s. we've got really deep pockets of fog from the north bay down into your south bay and east bay interior valleys. but by noon, complete sunshine over th
and here's what the polls are saying. romney closing in in ohio, although the president still has an ever-so-slight advantage. nationally the "washington post" latest poll shows president obama off three but that's within the margin of error. >>> 6:25. a long-time senator first elected in 1980 has died. former pennsylvania senator arlen specter died sunday at his home in philadelphia from complications of non-hodgkin's lymphoma. the moderate republican made headlines in 2009...
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with just 28 days to go, polls are now split on romney's popularity. pew has him up four points likely voters, but gallup says the most recent jobs report is positive and is giving the president a five-point boost. >>> voters in the city getting to cast ballots as early as today. the department of elections will be open for early voting through november 6th. the hours, for the record, monday through friday from 8:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the evening. >>> it happened more than two years ago and we're still asking how much will pg&e pay for the deadly san bruno blast. that answer will be decided behind closed doors. the judge has approved a request to suspend public hearings and hold closed door negotiations on this matter. local lawmakers are protesting this decision. they say the pipeline talks should not be hidden from public scrutiny. the judge says the suspension would allow a quicker settlement. eight people were killed and dozens of homes destroyed in the explosion on september 9th of 2010. >>> they have called in the fbi to troy to help ou
with just 28 days to go, polls are now split on romney's popularity. pew has him up four points likely voters, but gallup says the most recent jobs report is positive and is giving the president a five-point boost. >>> voters in the city getting to cast ballots as early as today. the department of elections will be open for early voting through november 6th. the hours, for the record, monday through friday from 8:00 in the morning until 5:00 in the evening. >>> it happened...
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romney has faced a larger, more enthusiastic crowd ever since. campaigning wednesday in the critical battleground state of ohio, trailing in the polls, but narrowing the gap. >> and the key thing i want people across ohio to understand and to ask themselves as you go into the voting booth, as you vote is can we really afford the cost of barack obama? and the answer is no. >> reporter: now tonight's debate will be a town hall format with questions coming from members of the audience. it will focus on both domestic and foreign issues. savannah? >> ron mott, thank you. so what should we expect tonight? david gregory is moderator of "meet the press." and chuck todd is the chief white house correspondent. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start with your new poll. florida, ohio, and virginia. the battleground states, we'll put the results on the screen. and what we see is a tight, tight dead heat in florida and in virginia. in ohio, you still see the president hanging on to a lead. i guess you could say that romney h
romney has faced a larger, more enthusiastic crowd ever since. campaigning wednesday in the critical battleground state of ohio, trailing in the polls, but narrowing the gap. >> and the key thing i want people across ohio to understand and to ask themselves as you go into the voting booth, as you vote is can we really afford the cost of barack obama? and the answer is no. >> reporter: now tonight's debate will be a town hall format with questions coming from members of the audience....
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. >>> with a month to go before we head to the polls, several companies are rolling out election-themed pr stunts. pizza hut will give free pizza for life to nanyone who asks president obama or mitt romney if they prefer sausage or pepperoni at their town hall next week. the questions are prescreened but pizza hut is someone will ask anyway. they have cabbage patch dolls and jetblue will help anyone leave the country temporarily if the other guy wins in november, whoever the other guy is for that person. scott, back to you. >> all right, thank you much. >>> jon and mar larks sprint this morning says you can reserve your own custom vanity phone number like star star marla. it costs $3 a month. anyone using any other cell phone on any other service should be able to dial star star marla and get marla. now, you can't use it from home phones but nobody has any home phones. >> what are those? >> good point. >> star star marla. johnny k. i like it. >> i'll run over and reserve those right now. >> thanks, scott. >> meteorologist christina loren tracking a colder forecast today. >> i'm going to
. >>> with a month to go before we head to the polls, several companies are rolling out election-themed pr stunts. pizza hut will give free pizza for life to nanyone who asks president obama or mitt romney if they prefer sausage or pepperoni at their town hall next week. the questions are prescreened but pizza hut is someone will ask anyway. they have cabbage patch dolls and jetblue will help anyone leave the country temporarily if the other guy wins in november, whoever the other guy...
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it's one where we've seen president obama's lead narrow significantly over mitt romney. though he still leads by three points in the latest national poll, washington post/abc, that's virtually unchanged from before the first debate and, laura, it is also a virtual tie. >> so interesting. now, i understand the obama team actually bringing in some new star power this week. what can you tell bus that? >> yeah, we have clint eastwood for the republicans and now we get the boss. bruce springsteen is coming out to do a couple of concerts in iowa and ohio. that on behalf of president obama. >>> it is 5:44. a pakistani teen is headed to the united kingdom to seek treatment after being attacked by the taliban. the 14-year-old was shot last week as she was returning home from school. two other classmates were also caught in that gunfire. there's no word on their condition. pakistani officials say taliban members shot them because they were pushing for women's education and denouncing the terrorist group. doctors say the teen faces a long road to recovery. >>> 5:44. a new health st
it's one where we've seen president obama's lead narrow significantly over mitt romney. though he still leads by three points in the latest national poll, washington post/abc, that's virtually unchanged from before the first debate and, laura, it is also a virtual tie. >> so interesting. now, i understand the obama team actually bringing in some new star power this week. what can you tell bus that? >> yeah, we have clint eastwood for the republicans and now we get the boss. bruce...
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you've seen the polls, nationally tight. romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted fundamentally, and it's a dead heat, but it's one of these but even right after the debate you had the obama campaign, yeah, it's just a dead heat, but we've got all the fundamental advantages in the battleground states and the romney folks would have conceded that. the numbers that have come over the last 72 hours, we're in a real dead heat, and you see that shift. this means, savannah, this debate couldn't be more critical for president obama. if he loses this debate, then you could start seeing momentum just continue to shift to romney, and he would pull ahead in
you've seen the polls, nationally tight. romney leading. this is an election that will be decided state by satate. how close is this race right now? >> the first debate did shift things. at first a lot of democrats were trying to apiece themselves saying all the movement in the polls is just a bunch of soft republicans who quote, unquote come home to mitt romney. he showed life and all of this, but i have to say the numbers i've seen in talking about campaigns, something shifted...
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while the president is out there in the bay area raising funds and trying to get votes, mitt romney is going to be here -- actually in virginia on the east coast focusing on foreign policy, an area where he has not polled as strong as the president. now with this bounce coming out of the last debate, he is hoping to build on that. today at virginia military institute he's going to talk about all the hot spots in the middle east, syria, libya, egypt. a strong military with no defense cuts. the president has criticized him for giving the pentagon more than they have asked for. he's also going to talk about israel as an ally. specifically on libya he will say this was the deliberate work of terrorists, the four americans who were killed there. al qaeda, the same people who were behind 9/11. he will urge arming the rebels in syria and he'll say the billion dollars we give egypt every year in aid should be tied to them keeping their peace treaty with israel. democrats already fighting pack on what mitt romney will say. coming up today, the white house called him an unmitigated disaster on f
while the president is out there in the bay area raising funds and trying to get votes, mitt romney is going to be here -- actually in virginia on the east coast focusing on foreign policy, an area where he has not polled as strong as the president. now with this bounce coming out of the last debate, he is hoping to build on that. today at virginia military institute he's going to talk about all the hot spots in the middle east, syria, libya, egypt. a strong military with no defense cuts. the...